A design environment and a method for generating an implementable description of a digital system

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EP 0 867 820 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/33

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	30.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/40

(21)	Application number: 98870052.2

(22)	Date of filing: 13.03.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/50

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

14.03.1997 US 39079 P
20.03.1997 US 41121 P

(71)	Applicant: INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM VZW
	3001 Heverlee (BE)

(72)	Inventors:
	Schaumont, Patrick 3018 Wijgmaal (BE) Vernalde, Serge 3001 Heverlee (BE) Cox, Johan 3020 Herent (BE)

(74)	Representative: Van Malderen, Joelle et al
	Office Van Malderen, Place Reine Fabiola 6/1 1083 Bruxelles 1083 Bruxelles (BE)

(54)	A design environment and a method for generating an implementable description of a digital system

(57) The present invention is a design apparatus compiled on a computer environment for generating from a behavioral description of a system comprising at least one digital system part, an implementable description for said system, said behavioral description being represented on said computer environment as a first set of objects with a first set of relations therebetween, said implementable description being represented on said computer environment as a second set of objects with a second set of relations therebetween, said first and second set of objects being part of a design environment.

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